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Streamlining Library Services
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Author : Richard M. Dougherty
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2008
Streamlining Library Services written by Richard M. Dougherty and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Library administration categories.
Despite technological advances, many basic library activities still lend themselves to analysis and improvement. Richard M. Dougherty provides numerous examples and easy-to-apply tools and techniques to assess what libraries are doing, how they are doing it, and how much time is required to do it. These tools include block diagrams, check sheets, flow process charts, work-flow diagrams, flow charts, through-put analysis, self-administered diary studies, and work sampling. Specific examples from all areas of library operations are presented. Streamling Library Services provides detailed information on how to diagnose problem areas with such tools as Pareto and fishbone charts; use brainstorming; organize a work-flow study; and build and present cost studies. Special emphasis is placed on activities that should occur after the analysis is concluded, including data analysis, reporting study results, and making recommendations to management. Guidelines are provided for managers and staff as they strive to streamline activities. Topics include implementation issues and strategies that must be addressed as new workflows and services are introduced and organizational change issues and strategies for building staff support toward change. Book jacket.
Streamlined Library Programming
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Author : Daisy Porter-Reynolds
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2014-03-20
Streamlined Library Programming written by Daisy Porter-Reynolds and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-20 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Is it possible to both cut costs and improve public library programming for all ages? Yes, it is; this book demonstrates how. In their roles as community centers, public libraries offer many innovative and appealing programs; but under current budget cuts, library resources are stretched thin. With slashed budgets and limited staff hours, what can libraries do to best serve their publics? This how-to guide provides strategies for streamlining library programming in public libraries while simultaneously maintaining—or even improving—quality delivery. The wide variety of principles and techniques described can be applied on a selective basis to libraries of all sizes. Based upon the author's own extensive experience as well as that of colleagues in other library systems, this book provides readers with a practical, step-by-step approach to maximizing resources and minimizing costs of programming without sacrificing quality, as well as insider tips and examples from the field that will help them to avoid known pitfalls.
Streamlining Library Services
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Author : Richard M. Dougherty
language : en
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Release Date : 2008-02-15
Streamlining Library Services written by Richard M. Dougherty and has been published by Scarecrow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-15 with Business & Economics categories.
Librarianship is a service profession and not a bottom-line oriented business. As such, librarians don't normally assign a high priority to efficiency of operations; however, opportunities to improve daily jobs and enhance services are being overlooked every day. Advances in technology drive change at a rapid pace and keeping up is both expensive and time consuming. Tight budgets have made keeping up with technology especially difficult. And while some activities in libraries, such as in-person ready reference and circulation of books and journals have declined, many libraries continue to report increases in the demand for services and resources. The rapid transformation from paper to digital documents is also driving changes in libraries. Today the incentive for examining and streamlining library workflows and the processes and procedures that comprise them should be compelling, but that doesn't seem to be the case for many librarians. Streamlining Library Services presents library managers and staff with the tools necessary to analyze and streamline their library's services. It presents a variety of tools and techniques that can be applied to improve library operations and assist library staff in their efforts to identify what work is done, how much time it takes, and what it costs. These efforts can be used to streamline library processes and, where appropriate, help to free dollar resources to initiate or enhance services that merit higher priority.
The Efficient Library
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Author : Elizabeth Barrera Rush
language : en
Publisher:
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The Efficient Library written by Elizabeth Barrera Rush and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
This guide helps librarians improve service with easy-to-follow strategies and techniques to make physical changes in library space and streamline procedures. This librarian's guide provides recommendations for quick and easy implementation of space-improving, time-saving practices. It also discusses the fundamentals of business and engineering management, public health, and other disciplines as they directly relate to the improvement of library service and management. Detailing free and affordable adjustments to the library environment as well as information for those who will participate in a renovation or new construction project, the book features tips for creating functional, efficient, and productive spaces; procedures for streamlining routine tasks; methods for arranging materials in high demand; and ways of reconfiguring or planning spaces. It will provide librarians with a working knowledge of process management that will help them to strengthen their competence and build confidence to address and troubleshoot problems, freeing them to engage in more meaningful interactions and activities that benefit the community.
The Purpose Based Library Finding Your Path To Survival Success And Growth
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Author : John J. Huber
language : en
Publisher: American Library Association
Release Date : 2015
The Purpose Based Library Finding Your Path To Survival Success And Growth written by John J. Huber and has been published by American Library Association this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In the years since John Huber’s trailblazing Lean Library Management was published, budget pressures on libraries have only increased. Yet libraries who have adopted his strategies have turned conventional management thinking—that if budgets are reduced, customer service suffers—on its head. These libraries have proven that by streamlining and improving customer services, they can eliminate wasteful activities and bring down costs. In The Purpose-Based Library, Huber and seasoned public library administrator Potter build on insight gleaned from decades of experience to demonstrate how libraries can create real growth opportunities through concentrating on their true mission and purpose, and without spending a lot more money. With a focus on putting ideas into action, they point the way towards New ways to think about metricsReexamining customer self-driven servicesEffectively leveraging the considerable footprint of librariesIdentifying and assessing community needs and realigning library services accordinglyActively encouraging community fundraisingOffering cutting-edge services and programsPacked with boots-on-the-ground commentary, this book presents strategies to help libraries survive and succeed.
Streamlining Information Services Using Chatbots
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Author : Michele L. McNeal
language : en
Publisher: American Library Association
Release Date : 2013-12-27
Streamlining Information Services Using Chatbots written by Michele L. McNeal and has been published by American Library Association this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-27 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Library Technology Reports v.49 no.8, November/December 2013 Chatbots offer an efficient way to answer common questions or point patrons to online resources. The report "Streamlining Inforamtion Services Using Chatbots" describes how to create a chatscript. After describing two creation option, AIML (Artificial Intelligence Markup Language) and ChatScript, the report uses examples of AIML script to demonstrate functionality. Readers will learn about the functionality obtained from basic text interfaces, talking avatars, and passing queries. The chatbots can be implemented on web pages, mobile apps, or information kiosks.
Streamlined Library Programming
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Author : Daisy Porter-Reynolds
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2014-03-20
Streamlined Library Programming written by Daisy Porter-Reynolds and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-20 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Is it possible to both cut costs and improve public library programming for all ages? Yes, it is; this book demonstrates how. In their roles as community centers, public libraries offer many innovative and appealing programs; but under current budget cuts, library resources are stretched thin. With slashed budgets and limited staff hours, what can libraries do to best serve their publics? This how-to guide provides strategies for streamlining library programming in public libraries while simultaneously maintaining—or even improving—quality delivery. The wide variety of principles and techniques described can be applied on a selective basis to libraries of all sizes. Based upon the author's own extensive experience as well as that of colleagues in other library systems, this book provides readers with a practical, step-by-step approach to maximizing resources and minimizing costs of programming without sacrificing quality, as well as insider tips and examples from the field that will help them to avoid known pitfalls.
Content And Workflow Management For Library Web Sites
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Author : Holly Yu
language : en
Publisher: IGI Global
Release Date : 2005-01-01
Content And Workflow Management For Library Web Sites written by Holly Yu and has been published by IGI Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with Computers categories.
Using database-driven web pages or web content management (WCM) systems to manage increasingly diverse web content and to streamline workflows is a commonly practiced solution recognized in libraries to-day. However, limited library web content management models and funding constraints prevent many libraries from purchasing commercially available WCM systems. And, the lack of much needed technical expertise in building in-house WCM systems presents a great challenge for libraries of all types. Content and Workflow Management for Library Websites: Case Studies provides practical and applicable web content management solutions through case studies. It contains successful database-to-web applications as employed in a variety of academic libraries. The applications vary in scope and cover a range of practical how-to-do-it examples from database-driven web development, locally created web content management systems, systems for distributing content management responsibilities, dynamic content delivery, to open source tools, such as MySQL and PHP to manage the content. Issues and challenges associated with the development process are discussed. Authors will also discuss detours, sand traps, and missteps necessary to a real learning process.
The Challenges To Library Learning
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Author : Bruce E. Massis
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-11
The Challenges To Library Learning written by Bruce E. Massis and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11 with Education categories.
The Challenges to Library Learning: Solutions for Librarians is an insightful volume that offers a practical philosophy of engagement that can be used to meet the growing challenges facing librarians, including staffing shortages, depleted or eliminated training budgets, longer hours, greater workloads, and rapidly-changing technology, hindering the ability—and willingness—of employees to continue job education in library sciences. With three decades of experience as a library administrator, author Bruce E. Massis details an effective plan for inspiring initiative in the learner to pursue a goal-oriented and individualized approach to learning – helping the library to become more efficient, productive, and user-centered. Topics discussed include overcoming staff disengagement, accepting e-learning as a routine learning model, teaching and measuring information literacy training, creating a flexible alternative staffing model, the Community of Learning Program (CLP) for library staff, and the details of creating and implementing a training program. The Challenges to Library Learning: Solutions for Librarians is a vital and practical resource for anyone actively involved or pursuing a career in library administration.
Small Public Library Management
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Author : Jane Pearlmutter
language : en
Publisher: American Library Association
Release Date : 2012
Small Public Library Management written by Jane Pearlmutter and has been published by American Library Association this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Business & Economics categories.
Finally, here’s a handbook that includes everything administrators need to keep a handle on library operations, freeing them up to streamline and improve how the organization functions.